Activities at Hundens Park Care Home

Hundens Park was full of animal mischief this week when a group of alpacas came to visit the home.  Residents were pleasantly surprised to see their new furry friends roaming around their home and into their bedrooms as ‘Sonny and Sandstorm’ – two alpacas from Butterwick Alpaca Retreat paid a visit.

Resident Kevin was very excited by the Butterwick Alpaca Retreat’s animals: “As a child I used to love all the animals on the nearby farm. Today was very enjoyable and it was wonderful that the animals were free to roam amongst us.” 

Our wonderful senior carer, Helen, has celebrated her 10-year service award. The 11th of February marked 10 years of working right here at Hundens Park for Helen. 

Helen is a senior carer who works primarily in our Darnton Suite (Male unit) but also works in our Swanton Suite occasionally (Female unit). She is an incredible asset to our team. It was brilliant celebrating this incredible achievement with her.

Each Wednesday, Willow the beagle comes to spend the day with us. Willow is our activity coordinator, Chloe’s dog. She is almost 9 and can be best compared to the Disney character, Eeyore! Willow wanders around our home looking for gentle pats all day. She loves the attention and most of our residents recognise her now and look forward to her visits. She goes in and out of each bedroom saying hello to everyone and keeping each person she visits company. 

Willow arrives with Chloe at 9am on a Wednesday, and, after a busy day on the job, can be found at around 3pm asleep (and snoring very loudly) in our reception area. In-between visits, our residents and even their family members ask when she is coming back. We have begun to think Willow may need her own uniform and name badge as she is a brilliant employee and asset to our team here at Hundens Park!  

We welcomed the new year in style! We joined together as a group to celebrate, enjoying an array of party food and non-alcoholic wines and beers. We enjoyed a performance from visiting entertainer, Jade Sanders. 

Jade is absolutely incredible. She featured on the television programme ‘The Voice’. It was heart-warming to see so many of our residents being supported by their loved ones who joined us for the celebrations.